Comments for tagsmith.org http://www.tagsmith.org Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:44:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on “How much ya bench?” by CoSkay http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/28/how-much-ya-bench/#comment-58 CoSkay Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:56:45 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=163#comment-58 hmm...I think gym was pathetic everywhere. I remember playing indoor badminton and/or volleyball for 90% of the year. Although we did have a mix of backgrounds, volleyball usually seemed to bring everyone together for the common goal of winning - also tended to make me popular since I was on the school's vball team :) Perhaps that's why we played it so much (the togetherness, not my popularity) hmm…I think gym was pathetic everywhere. I remember playing indoor badminton and/or volleyball for 90% of the year.
Although we did have a mix of backgrounds, volleyball usually seemed to bring everyone together for the common goal of winning - also tended to make me popular since I was on the school’s vball team :)
Perhaps that’s why we played it so much (the togetherness, not my popularity)

]]> Comment on “How much ya bench?” by Danielle http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/28/how-much-ya-bench/#comment-55 Danielle Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:51:39 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=163#comment-55 I think it's so funny that we attended the same high school at least for a time and I never felt gym was an equalizer, due largely to the fact that I got picked on. I think it’s so funny that we attended the same high school at least for a time and I never felt gym was an equalizer, due largely to the fact that I got picked on.

]]> Comment on “How much ya bench?” by Samantha http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/28/how-much-ya-bench/#comment-54 Samantha Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:40:02 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=163#comment-54 Interesting that in your gym class situation, people became equals. My high school was quite small, consisting of primarily students with As and Bs and a small handful of those with lower grades (99% of students go to college). 50% of the students are amazing in sports and use gym class as a warmup for games. The rest of us sat on the ground watching, doing our nails, chatting, doing homework, playing with each others hair, and other non-gym work. Tennis season, however, we all actually got up and played. It was the one time we had any shot at being competitive with the rest of the class. I hated it. While I felt on par academically, I felt inferior physically. It's hard to compete with athletes in gym class. Interesting that in your gym class situation, people became equals. My high school was quite small, consisting of primarily students with As and Bs and a small handful of those with lower grades (99% of students go to college). 50% of the students are amazing in sports and use gym class as a warmup for games. The rest of us sat on the ground watching, doing our nails, chatting, doing homework, playing with each others hair, and other non-gym work. Tennis season, however, we all actually got up and played. It was the one time we had any shot at being competitive with the rest of the class.

I hated it. While I felt on par academically, I felt inferior physically. It’s hard to compete with athletes in gym class.

]]> Comment on Now I know why they call it Whole Wallet by Jay Andrew Allen http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/18/now-i-know-why-they-call-it-whole-wallet/#comment-53 Jay Andrew Allen Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:14:59 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=158#comment-53 I'm with you on the price. What really burns me, though, is the market itself. I feel overwhelmed whenever I walk through the doors, as though I've entered the Worldwide Shrine of Food. I leave there as exhausted as I do broke. We have a smaller co-op in Seattle called PCC that's less overwhelming, but just as expensive. Isn't it great getting financially punished for trying to do the right thing? :-/ I’m with you on the price. What really burns me, though, is the market itself. I feel overwhelmed whenever I walk through the doors, as though I’ve entered the Worldwide Shrine of Food. I leave there as exhausted as I do broke.

We have a smaller co-op in Seattle called PCC that’s less overwhelming, but just as expensive. Isn’t it great getting financially punished for trying to do the right thing? :-/

]]> Comment on The battle for who could care less by Samantha http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/11/the-battle-for-who-could-care-less/#comment-49 Samantha Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:36:25 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=157#comment-49 Before I got a BlackBerry, I gave my husband a hard time for emailing from the dinner table at a restaurant. But now, it's become habit that we're both emailing and tweeting while we wait for our food, occasionally directing messages to each other. We do catch ourselves and put away the devices but they've become our lives, not just a part of our lives. To step away, once a week, I keep the computers off, the phones away and silent, and sit on the deck with my husband watching the sunset in peace. Before I got a BlackBerry, I gave my husband a hard time for emailing from the dinner table at a restaurant. But now, it’s become habit that we’re both emailing and tweeting while we wait for our food, occasionally directing messages to each other. We do catch ourselves and put away the devices but they’ve become our lives, not just a part of our lives.

To step away, once a week, I keep the computers off, the phones away and silent, and sit on the deck with my husband watching the sunset in peace.

]]> Comment on Now I know why they call it Whole Wallet by Vanessa http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/18/now-i-know-why-they-call-it-whole-wallet/#comment-48 Vanessa Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:43:06 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=158#comment-48 Sounds like a total bummer, Matt. I love gourmet grocery stores, but not for lack of other options. Make it your special place where you can indulge yourself, but stick to the Stop n Shop for everyday purchases. At ten minute drive is nothing, especially to a gal from Texas. We used to drive half an hour to get to the nearest grocery store. ;) Sounds like a total bummer, Matt. I love gourmet grocery stores, but not for lack of other options. Make it your special place where you can indulge yourself, but stick to the Stop n Shop for everyday purchases. At ten minute drive is nothing, especially to a gal from Texas. We used to drive half an hour to get to the nearest grocery store. ;)

]]> Comment on Now I know why they call it Whole Wallet by CoSkay http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/18/now-i-know-why-they-call-it-whole-wallet/#comment-47 CoSkay Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:23:49 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=158#comment-47 Sadly, the cost of quality food is astronomical. This is what leads so many people to buy cheaper fast food. Additionally, the costs have increased this summer due to the weather conditions (e.g. the tomato has seen better seasons). This also doesn't include the cost to transport everything, so many places have increased prices due to the rise in fuel prices. I'm sure there could be a better solution for this, but until then, the prices will keep going up... Sadly, the cost of quality food is astronomical. This is what leads so many people to buy cheaper fast food.
Additionally, the costs have increased this summer due to the weather conditions (e.g. the tomato has seen better seasons). This also doesn’t include the cost to transport everything, so many places have increased prices due to the rise in fuel prices. I’m sure there could be a better solution for this, but until then, the prices will keep going up…

]]> Comment on Now I know why they call it Whole Wallet by lic guy http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/18/now-i-know-why-they-call-it-whole-wallet/#comment-46 lic guy Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:57:26 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=158#comment-46 this new market is turning out to be very disappointing.. my wife and i have been using a combo of ctown and fresh direct w/ the occasional trip to the deli to get by. needless to say we were just as excited as you to have a new grocery store in the hood.... that was until we spent $90 on a bag of groceries this weekend.! on top of that, they didn't even have a simple stuff like sliced bread, seltzer or a box a cheerios. whatever.. unfortunately it's par for the course in LIC these days:( this new market is turning out to be very disappointing.. my wife and i have been using a combo of ctown and fresh direct w/ the occasional trip to the deli to get by. needless to say we were just as excited as you to have a new grocery store in the hood…. that was until we spent $90 on a bag of groceries this weekend.! on top of that, they didn’t even have a simple stuff like sliced bread, seltzer or a box a cheerios. whatever.. unfortunately it’s par for the course in LIC these days:(

]]> Comment on Now I know why they call it Whole Wallet by Danielle http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/18/now-i-know-why-they-call-it-whole-wallet/#comment-45 Danielle Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:13:15 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=158#comment-45 We are going through the same thing! I remember hitting Whole Foods in Manhattan several times a week for lunch items but it was all prepared foods so I never though much about the price. We moved to Orlando which is a wasteland in the food department and then we finally got a Whole Foods. It opened a month ago, it's a 20 minute drive for us (with no traffic) and we went in there and easily dropped $90 the kicker was we still had to hit the grocery store for other items! I feel your pain. We are going through the same thing! I remember hitting Whole Foods in Manhattan several times a week for lunch items but it was all prepared foods so I never though much about the price. We moved to Orlando which is a wasteland in the food department and then we finally got a Whole Foods. It opened a month ago, it’s a 20 minute drive for us (with no traffic) and we went in there and easily dropped $90 the kicker was we still had to hit the grocery store for other items! I feel your pain.

]]> Comment on The battle for who could care less by Liz http://www.tagsmith.org/2008/08/11/the-battle-for-who-could-care-less/#comment-44 Liz Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:46:07 +0000 http://www.tagsmith.org/?p=157#comment-44 P.S. Oh, Matt, I didn't realize I was writing an essay. You know, academics, once we get going don't really know when to stop talking until we see students fidgeting in their seats. We're all preachers at heart, I'm convinced. P.S. Oh, Matt, I didn’t realize I was writing an essay. You know, academics, once we get going don’t really know when to stop talking until we see students fidgeting in their seats. We’re all preachers at heart, I’m convinced.

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